Can a security or recovery agency complete a notarial section online?
Yes, when the form you will sign prints a notarial section. Send the unsigned form and its revision.
Online notarization for security and recovery agencies
If the agency form prints a notarial section, the person named in that section can complete it online. Send the unsigned form with its form number and revision.
Documents these agencies commonly handle
Not every Chapter 493 form requires a notary. The Division decides the license filing. The notary does not evaluate character or confirm the internship. Umbrella index: which FDACS forms include a notarial section.
| Document | Signer |
|---|---|
| FDACS-16055 Agency partner, officer, or LLC-member change | The partner, officer, or member named on the form. See FDACS-16055 ownership change. |
| FDACS-16017 Recovery Agent Intern Completion | The sponsor. See FDACS-16016 and 16017. |
| FDACS-16013 Temporary Class G character certification | The owner or manager named on the form. The notary does not perform the evaluation. See FDACS-16013. |
| FDACS-16027 Recovery Intern Sponsor Letter of Intent | The sponsor. See FDACS-16026 and 16027. |
| Another affidavit or acknowledgment that prints a notarial certificate | The person named in that certificate. |
How the agency starts
- Start the request.
- Name the owner, manager, officer, member, or sponsor who will sign.
- Include the form number and revision.
Send the unsigned form first
Send the exact unsigned page, including the revision, before scheduling.
Who signs, and what to have ready
- On FDACS-16013 and FDACS-16055, the owner, manager, partner, officer, or member named on the form is the signer.
- On FDACS-16017, the sponsor is the signer.
- Have the unsigned PDF, the revision date, and the signer's government ID.
Traveling signers and signers abroad
The named signer can be traveling or outside the United States when the commissioning state's rules allow the appearance. Remote online notarization is performed under the law of the online notary's commissioning state.
Cost and repeat agency workflows
One signer and one notarization is $25 domestically. An international session commonly starts at $50. The rest of the table is on professional affidavit services. A recovery-agency sponsor or a manager can sign when that person is the one named on the form. Agencies that repeat the workflow can describe volume in the request. There is no published discount. FDACS fees printed on a form are not the session fee.
Questions professionals ask
Which agency forms are covered here?
FDACS-16055, FDACS-16017, and FDACS-16013, plus an affidavit or acknowledgment that prints its own notarial certificate.
Can we send the unsigned form first?
Yes. Include the form number and revision date.
Who has to appear?
The person named in the notarial section: the owner, manager, partner, officer, or member on 16013 and 16055, and the sponsor on 16017.
Can that person be traveling or abroad?
Yes, when the commissioning state's online-notary rules allow the appearance.
What does it cost, and can the agency use this again?
One signer and one notarization is $25 domestically, and an international session commonly starts at $50. The same request path can be used again. There is no public volume discount.